Wire bracket or holder and insulator.



APPLICATION FILED MAR 5, 1908.

Patented Nov. 24, I908:

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ISAAC L. newlines, or AURORA, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed time 5, ans. Serial No. 419,230.

my invention; Fig. 2 a longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3 a cross'section; and Fig. l a view in perspective of a difi'erent form of my invention.

The object of my invention is to provide a bracket or holder and insulator for electric wires, which will be durable and capable of ready and quick application, and which, while constituting a strong support for the wire, will perfectly insulate the same, and to this end my invention consists in the bracket and insulator constructedsubstantially as hereinafter specified and claimed.-'"'

In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a metal, box or shell composed of two matching parts or halves, designated 1 and 2, respectively, in the drawings, the section or half 2 being integral with an arm 3 which has feet l, by means of which the bracket may be secured, as by screws or bolts, to a post or pole, or other device or structure, from which the wircis to be sup ported. The box section or half- 1 is movably and preferably pivotally connected to the other section, to give access to the interior of the box or shell for the placing in or removal therefrom of an insulating block or body of wood, or other suitable material, made in two separable longitudinally divided sections or members, designated 5 and 6, respectivel the two sections together being prefers-b y of cylindrical form, and one being formed with a longitudinal groove that is V-shaped in cross section, to receive he other section that is correspondingly aped, and the abutting surfaces of the two sections on a diametrical line being provided with coinciding longitudinally extending grooves or channels '2, of a diameter to be snugly fitted by the wire 8. The interlocking form of the two sections prevents any tendency to lateral displacement, and to prevent longitudinal displacement, as well as to provide a body of insulating material at opposite ends of the box or shell, which will prevent the possibility of contact oi the wire with the box or shell, the insulator sections, have at each end a flange 9 that forms a head that overlaps the adjacent end 0 5 box or shell on the outside of the latter, f o prevent the entrance oi. water into the or shell, and the possible thereof upon the insulating material, the unper section or half 1 of the be b an outwardly projecting two box sections come together or abut, which llange' projects beyond the joint between them,'so that water will drip or the outer edges of the flange, and not pass through the joint.

' 15y reason of the interlocking form of the two sections 5 and 6, which places the jointsat the periphery 1n-a difi'erent vertical plane from the joints between the two sections of the box or shell, so that the joints between the two insulator sections 5 and 3, and the joints between the box or shell sections 1 and 2, are out of coincidence or alineinent, the structure as an entirety is stronger, since lateral'presslu'e due to the swaying of the wire is transmitted through the lnsulator sections 5 and 6 to'solid ortions of the shell or box, and the access 0 water between the abutting faces of the insulator sections 5 and 6, and to the wire between them, is prevented. The joint between the two insulator sections comprises a diametrically extending portion and two outwardly inclined portions. I

To secure the two sections of the box or shell together in a closed position, the upper section 1 has a lug 11 that is perforated for the reception of a-locking pin 12.

It will be evident from the divided or arable form of the box or shell, the divided or separable form of the block or insula'ting material, the worlr of construction and repair may be done very rapidly, since the wire does not have to be threaded or passed through the device, but the la ter with its parts in their separated condition, is assembled at whatever position on the wire it is desired or necessary for the support and insulation of the wire.

As shown in Fig. 4, an embodiment of my invention is illustrated in which the insulator has no flanges that project on the outside of the bracket, but the insulator is' contained wholly within the box or shell, and

the latter at its ends is provided with a hole of sutticient diameter to prevent contact of .7 the wire with the box or shell.

M bracket and insulator can be applied in a 1 positions which the exigencies of the location of the Wire may require.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Arbrackct and insulator comprising a box or shell made of separable sections, one of said sections having flanges that project beyond the joint between the sections when placed together said joint being in a horizontal plane, and a body of insulatin material in the box or-shell said body bemg of two sections which receive the wire to be insulated between them and which have a joint that is in a different vertical lane with thejoint between the box or shel sections.

2. A bracket and insulator comprising a box or shell made of separable sections that are united by a joint in a horizontal plane, and an insulator'within the box or shell formed of separable sections, one of said sections having a longitudinally extending recess or movie in which is seated the other section orming a joint between the sections. which extends diametrically in the interior portion of the insulator and thence out- 'wardl y and reaches the periphery of the insnlator in a different lane from the plane of the joint between the ox or shell sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing-l have hereunto set my hand.

ISAAC L. EDWARDS. 'itnesses:

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